Description
A scientist desperately searches for a cure to a zombie virus while also hiding a monumental secret - her undead husband. This Leigh Radford debut is full of heartbreak, revulsion and black humour.
Kesta's husband Tim was the last person to be bitten in a zombie pandemic. The country is now in a period of respite, the government seemingly having rounded up and disposed of all the infected.
But Kesta has a secret . . .
Tim may have been bitten, but he's not quite dead yet. In fact, he's tied to a bed in her spare room. And she's made him a promise: find a cure, bring him back.
A scientist by day, Kesta juggles intensive work under the microscope alongside Tim's care, slipping him stolen drugs to keep him docile, knowing she is hiding the only zombie left. But Kesta is running out of drugs - and time. Can she save her husband before he is discovered? Or worse . . . will they trigger another outbreak?
'An acidic, funny, queasy debut'
EMMA VAN STRAATEN, bestselling author of This Immaculate Body
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WHY READERS LOVE ONE YELLOW EYE:
'I absolutely devoured this (pardon the pun)'
'Man oh man. This is one of those hypnotising novels that just instantly compels you to keep reading'
'Grimy, atmospheric, and so beautifully bleak it absolutely burrowed under my skin'
A darkly funny, heartbreaking and propulsive ticking time bomb of a novel, One Yellow Eye follows a scientist as she tries to find a cure for the last victim of a zombie apocalypse - her husband . . .
About the Author
Leigh Radford trained as a broadcast journalist. She produced and presented arts and entertainment content and documentaries for UK commercial radio, BBC Radio, Time Out, The Times and The Sun. A former book publicist, she is a 2023 graduate of Faber Academy. She is currently developing content for film and television through her production company, Kenosha Kickers. One Yellow Eye is her debut novel.
Reviews
Compulsively readable. A propulsive, page-turning descent into all that is lovely and grotesque about grief, obsession and love -- Olivie Blake, New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six and Masters of Death
Gripping, grisly and wonderfully written * Daily Mail *
An acidic, funny, queasy debut . . . What seems initially to be tense pandemic fiction reveals a tender, harrowing love story -- Emma van Straaten, author of This Immaculate Body
Radford's undead love story can be snort-inducingly funny . . . One for those with strong stomachs and big hearts -- The Times
A gripping, sometimes darkly funny depiction of the grotesque lengths to which love might drive someone in refusing to accept an inevitable end -- Guardian
Funny, heartbreaking and beautifully written * i Paper *
An equally charming and grim zombie novel about undying love. Every page simmers with exquisite dread. Original and smart and heartfelt, an unmissable debut that blends and transcends genre -- Rachel Harrison, bestselling author of So Thirsty and Black Sheep
Witty, propulsive and heartbreaking. Radford's dark, zombie love-story is intelligent and refreshing -- Rebecca Netley, author of The Whistling
You wouldn't expect a zombie novel to have so much to say about love. Radford's suspenseful One Yellow Eye is driven by various fears - the fear of a virus that could return to rip the world apart, the fear of a terrible wrongdoing being discovered - but in the end the zombies take a backseat to the greatest horror of all: losing the one closest to our heart -- Mason Coile, author of William
Complex and utterly brilliant, One Yellow Eye had me in a chokehold from the first word to the last as I was swept up into Kesta and Tim's harrowing journey, navigating the fine line between love and selfishness; grief and obsession. Leigh Radford has created a genre all her own (fitting for a tale about zombies) that was darkly comedic, gruesome and compassionate - to say I absolutely loved this beautifully macabre story is an understatement -- Ashley Tate, bestselling author of Twenty Seven Minutes
A post-apocalyptic heartbreaker, dosed with high tension and threaded with the profound hope that love brings, One Yellow Eye is a new classic -- Christina Henry, author of Alice and The House That Horror Built
Readers will be moved and thrilled in equal measure by this unique supernatural extravaganza -- Publishers Weekly, Starred Review
Book Information
ISBN 9781035048281
Author Leigh Radford
Format Paperback
Page Count 352
Imprint Tor Nightfire
Publisher Pan Macmillan
Weight(grams) 438g
Dimensions(mm) 236mm * 153mm * 27mm
